OSHAWA — An invasive species is destroying Oshawa’s ash trees at a much faster pace than initially anticipated and the City must spend tens of thousands of dollars dealing with the problem. The emerald ash borer is a small beetle … Continue reading →

The University of Toronto’s Faculty of Forestry was honoured for its innovation in, and commitment to, urban forestry at Canada’s inaugural National Tree Day celebration and award ceremony on Wednesday. The award, which was made of reclaimed local wood, was … Continue reading →

The emerald ash borer first became a problem in Canada in Windsor Ontario in 2002. Since then it has spread to London, Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal. While it is expected to devastate the white and green ash trees in Central … Continue reading →

Winnipeg’s canopy of trees, its urban forest, is in a slow decline. Last year, approximately 6,600 trees were lost, either due to disease, decay or for development purposes and about 4,000 of them were on private land. The city planted … Continue reading →

Sometime around 1745, about a century before Hamilton was incorporated as a city and more than 140 years before McMaster University was established, an acorn sprouted. Today, that sprout is a massive, spreading white oak tree, a sentinel along the … Continue reading →